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This Project Has Received Funding from the European Union's Seventh UDK 2+17 (066) (08) Re 515 This project has received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no FP7-266831 Izdevums ir sagatavots LU aģentūrā Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts sadarbībā ar Daugavpils Universitāti un EK FP7 projektu MYPLACE. Projekts saņēmis Eiropas Savienības 7. Ievara pētniecības, tehnoloģiskās attīstības un rezultātu demonstrēšanas programmas finansējumu saskaņā ar piešķīruma nolīgumu FP7-266831. Izdevums rekomendēts publicēšanai ar LU aģentūras LU Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts Zinātniskās padomes 2015. gada 20. aprīļa sēdes lēmumu. Galvenā redaktore: Solveiga Krūmiņa-Koņkova Redaktori: Jānis Nameisis Vējš, Māra Grīnfelde Izdevuma redaktors: Jānis Priede Literārā redaktore: Arta Jāne Maketētāja: Margarita Stoka Vāka dizaina autori: Baiba Dūdiņa, Matīss Kūlis Zinātniskās redakcijas kolēģija Latvijas Universitāte:Dr. phil. asoc. profesore Ella Buceniece; Dr. phil. Solveiga Krūmiņa-Koņkova; Dr. habil. phil. akadēmiķe, profesore Maija Kūle; Dr. hist. eccl. docents Andris Priede; Dr. habil. phil. profesore Māra Rubene; Dr. hist. Inese Runce; Dr. phil. profesors Igors Šuvajevs Ārzemju locekļi:Ekaterina Anastasova, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with the Ethnographic Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; Eileen Barker, Ph. D., OBE, FBA, Professor of Sociology with Special Reference to Study of Religion, The London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.; Agnė Budriūnaitė, Ph.D., Associate Professor at the Depart- ment of Philosophy, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania; Gloria Durka, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Ph.D. Program in Religious Education, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, Ford- ham University, U.S.A; Massimo Introvigne, Ph. D., Director of The Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), Torino, Italia; Tõnu Lehtsaar, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology of Religion, Faculty of Theol- ogy, University of Tartu, Estonia; Massimo Leone, Ph.D., Dr.Hist.Art, Research Professor of Semiotics and Cultural Semiotics at the Department of Philosophy, University of Torino, Italy; Sebastian Rimestad, Ph.D., University of Erfurt, Germany. Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti ir anonīmi recenzēts periodisks izdevums ar starptautisku zinātniskās redakcijas kolēģiju. Tā mērķis ir padziļināt lasītāju zināšanas par reliģiski filozofisko ideju vēsturi, attīstību mūsdienās un to vietu Latvijas un Eiropas kultūrā. Iznāk vienu vai divas reizes gadā latviešu un angļu valodā. Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti pieejami arī Centrālās un Austrumeiropas Interneta bibliotēkā (Central and Eastern European Online Library, CEEOL) un SCOPUS datubāzē. Religious-Philosophical Articles is a double-blind peer reviewed periodical with international editorial board. It publishes articles aimed at deepening readers’ knowledge and understanding on history of reli- gious philosophical ideas, their development in nowadays and their place in the Latvian and Euro pean culture. It is published once a year in Latvian and English. Editions of Religious-Philosophical Articles are available in Central and Eastern European On-line Library, CEEOL, as well as in SCOPUS data-base. © Latvijas Universitātes aģentūra Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts, 2015 © Daugavpils Universitāte © EK FP 7 projekts MYPLACE © Vāka un titullapas noformējums: Baiba Dūdiņa, Matīss Kūlis, 2015 ISSN 1407-1908 RFR-18.indd 2 2015.08.12. 12:30:46 SATURS / CONTENTS Solveiga Krūmiņa-Koņkova Starp Austrumiem un Rietumiem: jaunatne, reliģija un politika . .5 Between East and West: Youth, Religion and Politics . 7 Inta Mieriņa, Ilze Koroļeva Religious Identity and Collective Action: the Mobilising Potential of Religion among Nowadays Youth . .9 Kopsavilkums. Reliģiskā identitāte un kolektīvā rīcība: reliģijas mobilizējošais potenciāls mūsdienu jauniešu vidū .................29 Rita Hegedűs, Ferenc Moksony Types of Youth Religiosity .....................................31 Summary ................................................39 Alexandros Sakellariou Youth and Religion: Belonging, Believing and Participating............40 Summary ................................................50 Marika Laudere Socially Engaged Buddhism in Latvia: “Latvia for Tibet” . .51 Kopsavilkums. Sociāli aktīvs budisms Latvijā: “Latvija Tibetai”......61 Anita Stašulāne, Jānis Priede Politiskais un pilsoniskais naratīvs: Latvijas musulmaņu jauniešu politiskās līdzdalības noteicošie faktori . .62 Summary. Political and Civic Narrative: Factors Determining the Political Participation of Muslim Youth in Latvia . 83 Joachim v. Wedel Jugendreligion und Zweireichelehre..............................87 Summary. Youth Religion and Luther’s Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms . 98 RFR-18.indd 3 2015.08.12. 12:30:46 Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti XVIII Konstantinos Kornarakis “I Was Only Human”:Puberty Crisis, Self Identity and Vampire Movies in Religious Context...................................99 Summary ...............................................112 Ingrida Khashab Where the Fault Lines Meet: How Religion and Politics Affect the Lives of Lebanese Students............................113 Kopsavilkums. Krustugunīs: Kā reliģija un politika ietekmē Libānas studentu dzīvi .....................................132 Ibrahim Abraham Moral Development in a Developing Economy in Moral Crisis: Evangelical Youth Culture in Contemporary South Africa . 134 Summary ...............................................145 Roberto F. Scalon and R. Ricucci Growing up Near the Pope. Italian Young People and Their Religious Belonging . 146 Summary ...............................................156 Zane Šteinmane The Role of Middle Eastern Classic Secular Texts in Forming National Identity and Intercultural Relations: Mu’allaqat . 157 Kopsavilkums. Tuvo Austrumu klasisko sekulāro tekstu loma nacionālās identitātes un starptautisko attiecību veidošanā: Muallakāt ...............................................168 Saburo Morishita Building Faith: A Reflection on Two Forms of Religious Materiality in Tenrikyo . .170 Summary ...............................................188 Personu rādītājs . 190 RFR-18.indd 4 2015.08.12. 12:30:46 Starp AuStRuMIeM un RIetuMIeM: jaunAtne, Reliģija un Politika Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti XVIII atšķiras no iepriekšējiem izdevumiem, jo šis veltīts tikai reliģijpētniecībai un tikai vienam tās notikumam – starp- tautiskai konferencei “Starp Austrumiem un Rietumiem: jaunatne, reli ģija, politika”, kuru 2014. gada rudenī organizēja Latvijas Reliģijas pētniecī- bas biedrība sadarbībā ar Latvijas Universitāti un Daugavpils Universitāti. Kāpēc tieši šim notikumam un ne kādam citam? Te varētu atbildēt ar britu rakstnieka Klaiva Steipla Lūisa slaveno frāzi, šķiet, no “Nārnijas hroni- kām”: “Varbūt vienīgi izņemot ekvatoru, viss sākas kaut kur”1. Frāzi, kuru itin bieži piesauc, lai paskaidrotu, ka sākums kaut kam jaunam, pirmais spertais solis faktiski var būt jebkur, un arī to, ka viss ir relatīvs, tikai ar vienu izņēmumu. Mūsu gadījumā šis izņēmums ir reliģija: to var meklēt, to var pētīt, par to var filozofēt. Šis pirmais solis var sākties jebkur, taču atskaites punkts, tāpat kā ekvators, paliek nemainīgs: tā ir padziļināta in- terese par reliģiju, tās dabu, tās attīstību; par tās vēsturiskumu un mūs- dienīgumu, arī šeit un tagad. Par šiem un citiem jautājumiem diskutēja arī jau iepriekš pieminētajā starptautiskajā konferencē, kurā ar saviem referātiem divu dienu garumā (16.-17. oktobrī) uzstājās trīsdesmit septiņi pētnieki no divdesmit pasaules valstīm. Ar plenārām lekcijām uzstājās eksperti no Latvijas un Grieķijas, bet konferences zinātniskās komisijas darbā piedalījās vadošie speciā- listi gan no Latvijas un Grieķijas, gan arī no Japānas, Itālijas un Lietuvas. 1 Par šīs frāzes autoru gan bieži, taču kļūdaini tiek saukts rakstnieks, ceļotājs un arī izlūks Pīters Flemings. Flemings Lūisu citē savā grāmatā One’s Company, kurā apraksta piedzīvoto ceļojumā caur Krieviju uz Ķīnu 1933. gadā. RFR-18.indd 5 2015.08.12. 12:30:46 Reliģiski-filozofiski raksti XVIII 6 Latvijas Universitāti konferencē pārstāvēja seši pētnieki, Daugavpils Uni- versitāti – trīs pētnieki. Konferences uzmanības lokā bija jautājumi par iemesliem, kāpēc mūs- dienu jaunieši iesaistās dažādās reliģijās un garīgās kustībās, kādā veidā reliģiskās organizācijas piesaista sev jaunus sekotājus, kā šīs reliģijas dažā- dās vēsturiskās, arī reliģijām nelabvēlīgās, situācijās darbojas, lai saglabātu savu sekotāju reliģisko identitāti un paaudžu pēctecību, un, visbeidzot, kāda ir jaunatnes līdzdalība pasaules lielo Rietumu un Austrumu reliģiju ģeopolitisko interešu īstenošanā. Daļu no konferencē nolasītajiem referātiem jau plašākā – rakstu – formātā nu publicējam arī šajā Reliģiski-filozofisku rakstu laidienā, lai dotu iespēju ne tikai turpināties konferencē aizsāktajām zinātniskām diskusi- jām, bet lai ar konferencē izskanējušām idejām neklātienē varētu iepazīties ikviens, kuru interesē dinamiskā reliģiju pasaule un tās mūsdienu sabied- rībai mestie izaicinājumi. RFR-18.indd 6 2015.08.12. 12:30:46 BetWeen East And WeSt: YoutH, ReligIon And PolitIcS Religious-philosophical articles XVIII differs from the previous editions in that it deals with religious studies in the context of a single academic event – the International Conference Between East and West: Youth, Reli- gion, Politics, which was organized by the Latvian Society for the Study of Religions in collaboration with University of Latvia
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